The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 11, 1905. RISE IN WOOL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1503, 11 July 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, JULY 11, 1905. RISE IN WOOL.

Cemmenjfcing on ■febe marlfe3 r<v feovory in tie price of wool at tihe : London sales the New, Z»aian,d Herald remarks that .the wool olia is the most valuable production in -filio eclony, in spite of the fact that the ficckw in Newi Zealand hare not increased for over stem years, .the In Kb few years i juucou sho,wings s$ siigln decrease. Oiua? cable messages show that the July, sales are being conducted at a very, high lev®], and that the chief increase is again in coarse crossbred, the description in Which News Zealand ia particularly inti rested. Coming on the top :of th® substantial advance that was rogialcred at the May sales, the aclI Vance that &as taken Place this week I snakes the crices for New Zealand Wool higher &hgn tliey, have been since 1895,j, the market having more | than rttcoiycred the drpp in prices ibhat took relace at the March sales, even eclipsing the mhenomenal . rise at the ©njd of 1899. The ‘presents rise is xnnch more satisfactory than vlt-2 Use of that year, the latter being a sensational lit (la Lion which could nob possibly, last, and which, being based ore a false position as regards both'. supply and demand, co,aid not help ending disastrously, to all who bought. 'For the present advance .wo have So look to favorable features ort bath sides. On the one hand wo have a war in a cold climate, anil this always brings a big deni ami for blankets aired army cloths, whereas it was noticeable during the Boer war that tlie oncra-* lions in a warm climate did »ob make that difference in the .wool market that had been es'BienteS. On the other side we see a greatly decreased sufpply inj nearly all the grea,t) Woiol-proclhcirng countries. fTho fearful loss during the drought ip Australia will keep the clip below tree old level for a long time, although a steady, increajse, web as took place this Reason, may with confidence he expected if the seasons continue to be anything lik* favorable. DWc own output Ss practically s (jatioreany. The Argenti no is certainly making ‘ strenuous efforts to increase both wool agd frozen mutton. and beefi ; bub it ia to Americ® that wc have to look' as the chief cause of the present move. The AcjerfSSh clip has been steadily diminishing, whereas population has increased so rapidly that they are more and more compelled to go outside for Weir, wool."'For along time they bought nothing outside hut the finer descriptions, but lately they , have been, freely operating in both medium and coarse, besides taking the usual quantity of the finer wools, while American buyers, both in Australis and New Zealand, have been purchasing fon “direct shipment So both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts of America. They are even (buying English, Scotch, and Irish wool, and this remarkable fact is ■sufficient to account for the groat impression that the American demand is makkjg on the market.

Yesterday morning an old resident of Gisborne, in the person of Mr yJarr.es Harron, "died at the residence of Mr Andrew Park, Kaiti. Deceased was sixty-seven years o-f age, and Lad been custodian of ibe Supreme Court buildings for many years. The funeral will take place at two O’clock ia-mares® a£tereQfi»*

Mntawhoro stock sales tmko plnoo on Thursday.

Tbo Poverty Bay Bowing Club’s usual fortnightly danoD tnkos place in Whinray’a Hull to morrow night. The Matnwhoro stock Hales will bo held on Thursday noxt. Good ontrios of shoep and oattlo hnvo been reooivod.

A firßt oflfondor for drunkonnoas was discharged with a caution ut the Police Court yestordny. On account of tho disorder in tho shipping tho fruit ndvortisod for sulo yosterdoy by Mossra Bain Bros, did not oomo to hand iu time, and will now bo offorod at 2 p.m. to day. i

A mealing of ladios willing to not on tbs ladies’ committee of the Hospital social will bo held in Townloy’s Hall at 2.80 p.m. to-morrow.

Tho. morning train to Xe Karaka yesterday was blocked by-a hoavy slip at Scott’s cutting, and passengers and mails were taken from Knitaratahi by coach. A meeting of suppliers to Xe Karaka oreamory will bo held at Xo Karaka hotel at 8 p.m. to-morrow to meet Mr Caesar, Chairman of Kia Ora Company.to arrungo for tho next season's working. Xho racehorse Paramata, who ran socond in tho Scurry, and won tho Hack Steepleohaso at tho Gisborne Club*e meeting,' has changed hands, having been purchased by Mr X. Kott, of Invercargill, for £9O. Craftsman has been sold to Mr T. Poyzer for £4O.

At the Police Court yesterday morning George E. Probble plsaded guilty to a chargo of stealing a gun and a tent, valued at £3 15s, from G. Hideout, Whakaram Accused was eontsneed to six months’

imprisonment in Napier gaol. A further charge of theft of a swug, valued at £2, was withdrawn by the police. Not even a “box offioo rush ” in Melbourne or Sydney could have eclipsed the oagernees which playgoers manifested in Perth when tho hooking opened last week for the Royal Comic Opera Company’s season there. Xho first day’s booking broke all records, no fewer than 3000 seats being taken, roproßtmting ree-ipifl amounting to nearly £IOOO. The company opened in “ The Oingalee ” to a packed house.

On Saturday at tho Central Mart busidbss was good notwithstanding tho weather. Hens brought la 2d to Is lid eaoh, young roosters is 6d, a drake 33, guineafowls 4s Od each,' eggs Is 3d a dozen, butter lid per lb, onions l£d per lb, cauliflowers and cabbages Is 6.-1 a dozon, pumpkins 6d each to 3a 6d u saek, potatoes Id to 11 lb. carrots 4a a sack. Furniture and 'sundries brought full values. i Tho following sub-committeoßs of the A and P. Society have been appointed: Programme Committee, Messrs W. B. Barker, D. Kirkpatrick, C. Gray, F. Teifcjon, H- H. Wall, M.‘ B. Murphy, and G. Witters; ground committee, Messrs H. G. Tuokcr, W. Sherratt, W. F. Cederwall, W. B. Barker, G. Witters, and H. H. Wall ; catering committee, Messrs Cederwall, Sherratt and Eliott; finance committee, Messrs Eliott, Well, Cederwall andßarkor; judges’ committee, Mossrs Sherrat, W. B. Barker and Gray. At a meeting of thß Poverty Bay Turf Club’s Committee, held yesterday altarnoon, Mr J. Walker Bain was appointed secretary at £BO per annum. Captain Tucker was re-appointed judge, Mr Harry Piper starter, and Mr J. Chadwick handicapper. Mr P. Malone wa3 appointed caretaker, Mr J. 11. Colobourno clerk of the Beales, Mr W. O. Skeot totalisator clerk, and Mr A. Pritchard clerk of the course. Messrs Harding, Clark and Hogan wero elected a ground oommittee. As Mr Cave, mining registrar, was cycling to Waih: on his way from Paeroa, ho aaw a papor parcel in tho scrub at a point between the Wuitekauri bridge and Snake Hill. Upon further investigation ho discovered that the paroel 1 contained a number of cheques lost on tho road by a coach driver on Friday lust. All tho notes and gold had beon abstracted, and the cheques wore just rolled up loosely into a /parcel. Mr. Cavo reported his discovery to the police, who arc now investiging the matter.

. pxefflrenca Clause sni any; Arbitraiion Acto is coercion! pure anil siixipluj A non-unionist under it ia unable ito get work., ttoo Arbitration Act being tlio means, cfcfeeicfore, pf pauperising his family, until be is willing So forego,' his freedom of opinion, anjtf join a body, with which he may. not be able to harmonise.,—Wellington i Lance. \ It is to toe hoped Utah many; ot the measures foreshadowed toy, the Prainier and Sin Joseph Ward will become law, and thus entitle rbhe last session of the present Parliament t-q rank with its predecessors as evidence of the progressive and sound policy of tho present Administration.—(New Plymouth News.

Th« absurd insolence of ifie gahdfuL of people who iaLk as if the continent of Australia were their personal property, and who claim the right to say whether, persona from any -other country may, land upon its shores with a vttew tot settlement, can bo properly met only by ac'tiojjj '. of a nature indicated by Mr Deakin’s suggestion of “ ia great Snfljnjs of deslpablQ settlers^’-—.Napier Tclesnapli, At 3 meeting of the guarantors, St Was staled that tho production of the comic ouara,. KA : Moorish Maid,” Auckland, by, Messrs Alfred Hill arid J- Y. Bireb, bad been a I financial success beyond the nmticipar 1 lion of its authors. Tho bakings for J the season of six 'nights amounted to I nearly £IOOO, but the expenses of j the production wore, of course, very (heavy' It was imanimouely 'decided I.by the guarantors to forego the nriI visage afforded to the guarantors in l I the first instance of taking ten per (cent, profit, ‘aufd in addition the guarantors, in order to show their appreciation! o# • a Naw Zealand work of art, with the same unaniI unity voted ££o to the authors. j At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday the case against Rorneka Teruawai of theft of a horse was concluded. Mr Chrisp appeared for complainant, Bunibia Rogers, and Mr Lysnar for defendant. After hearing lengthy evidence Mr Barton, S.M., dismissed tho information. The matter appeared to be a family dispute between Bameka and complainant, and the case was one in which no jury would convict. The dispute should .have been the

subject of a civil, not a criminal action. Mr Chrisp agreed with His Worship that no jury would convict. When tho case was put into his hands the information was already laid. Considerable activity was evinced yesterday in the Opposition and Prohibition camps in regard to bringing out a candidate against tho Hon. James Carroll. Early in the morning Mr C. A. DeLautour intimated that he had no intention of reentering public life, and after that there vras keen speculation as to who should bo

the selected one for the combined interests. Mr W. Tombleson waa strongly supported I ss being one who would carry a strong ! Prohibition vote, but the combination at work could not be got to favor his candidature, nor that of Mr Lissanl Clayton. Eventually a compromise was agreed upon, and Mr H. H. Wall was accepted, although not without much reluctance at the hands of many of the electors. A meeting of the latter’s supporters will be bald on Thursday evening, Nothing was nsii in regard to Mr R. E. Stevens, who has already announced himself as a candidate for the seat.

i A meeting of tho Hospital Social Com- ] mittoe was hold last evening, his Worship 1 the Mayor l presiding. Tho Chairman said [ arrangements had been made with the j Gas Company for lighting the ball on j lines similar to those of last year. It was I decided that a caretaker be placed in j charge of the cloak rooms for ladies and I gentlemen, a small charge to be made I upon the latter. Mr Lawless reported Ithat Mr Cederwall had kindly offered a number of tarpaulins and wall screens, and Captain Camming and Messrs Harding, Skiliicorn, and others had promised flags. The secretaries will be pleased to ■ receive the ! names of others willing to supply flags, provisions, etc, for the social. The Band Committee have in hand a good programme on lines similar to that of last year. Several additional names were placed on the Decoration Committee. The next meeting of the committee will be hold on Monday evening at 7.30.